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From Jill our Farmer woman extraordinaire a few photos of what is happening our our newly created Sooke Harbour Farm
Things are growing, even with our unusually cooler weather, Jill has been very busy after building a deer proof fence, she has cleared the land of all the huge blackberry patch home of all the deers! ,tilt, built our beautiful chicken coop to welcome our gorgeous rooster Icarus. She made our little farm house very welcoming to our Wwoofers. We already have had wonderful people come and stay at the farm and help plant the seeds, tranplant blueberry and raspberry bushes, put up the big green house beside our two smaller ones, pull up the...
read moreSooke Harbour Farm
The Sooke Harbour Farm is part of the original Sooke Harbour House property/acerage which was originally owned by Mr.Kohout. Sooke Harbour Farm will be growing organically berries, fruit, vegetables and herbs to help sustain the Sooke Harbour House’s restaurant kitchen. This is in keeping with the Sooke Harbour House sustainability and local philosophy. The farm will be a production and educational farm where tours and workshops will be held for community and guests of the hotel. The farm cottage is one of the last remaining buildings...
read moreLucy Schappy
Lucy moved to the Comox Valley in 1990 after graduating from university in Edmonton. She immediately fell in love with the beauty of the natural surroundings as well as the vibrant arts community. A lifelong love of drawing, painting and looking at art came to fruition ten years ago when she began painting in oils. This new medium offered the luscious, strong colours and layering ability that would enable her to develop her personl voice. Working from her imagination, Lucy delights in creating works that evoke a sense of joy through...
read moreWell done drawing of West Coast life! the otters, the mermaid, the eagle and more…
“A glorious 42sd anniversary here with the otters and eagle and the organic garden so lovingly tended by Byron. This is our first trip to BC and Sooke. So incredibly beautiful here, both the area and Sooke Harbour House in particular. Memorable in so many different ways. Room 24 is filled with love and happy vibes, though I’m sure the rest of the hotel is as well. C’est formidable..” C.J and J. R guests May 2010 Thank you dear guests for a fantastic drawings and such kind words. The Sooke Harbour House has been our...
read moreWeddings
Looking for the perfect romantic spot for an intimate wedding this summer? Picture your seaside Ceremony under the shade of a giant alder with the Olympic Mountains as your backdrop, followed by a champagne toast and your photographs in our lush gardens. Then celebrate with a gourmet Four Course Dinner from our world famous kitchen in the Garden Room with the beach rock fireplace setting the scene. Our Pastry Chef will create your one of a kind wedding cake, and our in house florist will take care of the bouquet & boutonniere from...
read more21st annual Restaurant AWARDS Vancouver Magazine, Sooke Harbour House Gold for best restaurant on Vancouver Island, Silver for Resort Dining and Lifetime Achievement Award for Sinclair and Frederique Philip owners.
Sinclair and I were first, I think, very surprised but also immensely honoured to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award from Vancouver Magazine! For me it was, while I never wanted to admit it or even feel it, that I was old, it was confirmed!. I still think the way I did when we started our Sooke Harbour House adventure in 1979, I also am very fortunate to still have pretty much the same amount of energy I had then…….but yes, 31 years have passed at a lightening speed I should ad. We have been so fortunate to meet and work with...
read moreSinclair and Frederique Philip Receive Lifetime Achievement Award from Vancouver Magazine
Sooke Harbour House Hotel Owners Sinclair and Frederique Philip Receive Lifetime Achievement Award from Vancouver Magazine Sooke Harbour House owners, Sinclair and Frederique Philip, received the Lifetime Achievement Award at Vancouver Magazine’s 21st Annual Restaurant Awards, along with the award for Best Restaurant on Vancouver Island. The awards ceremony took place on Tuesday, May 18th, at the Sheraton Wall Center in Vancouver. “Long before the 100-Mile Diet, before Bishops and Ocean Wise and the word ‘locavore,’ there was Sooke Harbour...
read moreSociety of Ethnobiology Lunch Menu, Sunday, May 8
Society of Ethnobiology Lunch (May 8, 2010) Wild stinging nettle and oyster soup garnished with sea asparagus, common miner’s lettuce, and flavoured with grand fir oil Fresh, wild Chinook salmon glazed with birch syrup, served with a wild, trailing blackberry glaze, wild rice, Indian celery and fuki leaf bundles, wild morel mushrooms, grilled nodding onions, and fiddleheads garnished with wild sorrel and camas flowers Wild soapberry ice cream Sweet woodruff sorbet Candied sea lettuce strudel, served with wild, candy cap mushroom(Lactarius...
read moreExceptional Eat “Sooke Harbour House Essential Island Experience Gold”
Sooke Harbour House has received the Readers’ choice Restaurant and Food Award from Eat magazine for 2010 ” exceptional Eat”. For the last 31 years it has been our philosophy to only first grow in our gardens and serve local seasonal food. It is the most natural and simple way of living and cooking, sharing the creativity of our chefs, cooks and apprentices with our customers has been our joy for all these years. Thank you dear readers of Eat Magazine for this recognition. Your patronage warms our hearts and give us...
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